Hose-leak stop.



Patented luly I8, |899.V

No. s29,3|5.

C. J. DORTICUS.

HOSE LEAK STOP.

(Application filed In. l, 189B.)

No Nadel.)

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` UNITED STATES l PATENT OEEICE.

CLATONIA JOAQUIN DORTICUS, OF NEVTON, NEI JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 629,315, dated July 18, 1899.

Application tiled March 1, 1898.

senin. 672,126. (no man.)

the outer surface of the hose and the inner, Y

Be it known that I, CLATONIA J OAQUIN DORTICUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Hose-Leak Stops, ofwhich the followingV is a speciiication.

My improvement relates1 vto that class 'of hose-leak stops which are intended to be closed and locked about tireor other hose in'- order to stop the escape'of the fluid therefrom, particularly in instances when thehose may have burst or sprung a leak whenin actual use; and my improvements are directed 'toV certain novel features of construction Wherebythe sufciency of the hose-leak stop is greatly increased and its ready and positivey operation secured.

In the drawings,- Figure-l is a'perspective View of my improved hose-leak stop.v Fig..2 is a detail of the rubber packing'. Fig. fis'a' cross-sectional View of the hose-leak stop,

in its tightest position.

Similar letters of reference designate similar parts in all the figures.

The' body of the hose-leak stop is forinedvorfV Y tion A and joined by a handle-bar I. The

two sections of metal A and B, which are'sefv and eye b c. The interior of the sectionsA B is recessed, and therein is mount-cda rubber packing D, which is formed with transverse ribs in one or more series, presenting depress! sions between them. In the drawings I have'5 shown two series of ribs intersecting at right angles and forming between them diamondshaped depressions; but I do not wish to limit myself to this particular form, as 'the ribs might be made transverse ina rsingle series or otherwise inclined 'without Ydeparting materially from the spirit of my invention. Around the edge of the packingD is a solid border E, which is raised as high as the tops of the transverse ribs. The packing thus formed presents a large number of bearing-points to press against the inclosed hose, the points of support having between them depressions or recesses into which the water or other luid escaping through the leak in the hose may enter, andthe recesses or pockets forming a water-cushion and preventing common cross-bar G.

surface of the leak-stop and squirting out beyond the edges of the stop, as is the case where smooth packing is used. yEach of the ridges interposes a new Abarrier to the progress of any escaping wat-er, and each of the recesses tends :to break up and interrupt and stop the current, so that the escapingof water 1 from beneath the stopand its driving in 'spurting streams therefrom is largely diminished,

il'not altogether stopped. Besides this,.the ribs orprojectionspresent yielding contactpoints withr'the hose, Vwhichpermit "of the leak-stop being forced very tightly against the hose, the elasticity offtherubber packing allowing the ribs to be compressed; and

ythereby permitting andfallowing a wider range for the adjustment of -therstop This islim'portant' in' connection 'with my locking i niechanis'm',which is arranged tolo'cl; the sectionsof the leak-stop in varying-positions, according to the sizeof the hose around which taken on the line X X of Fig. l, with the lock itinaybe clasped.

l? F are'V-shaped links pivotedto the section B and united at their outer ends by a 1 H H are hooked levers hinged tothe sece levers H are providedwith a series of socketstj 7a, which are adapted to grasp the'bar4 together until the levers fall snugly against the sections A, when vthe bar G having been thrown beyond the line of the pivotal points t m-vthe sections will be firmly locked together, Vand no interior strain will be sut'icient to throw the lever back and unlock'the stop.'

The sockets 't' il lock the leak-stop in its tightest possible position. To allow for some variat-ion in the size of the hose by stretching or otherwise and to facilitate the adjustment of the leak-stop around burst and stretched hose, I provide several sockets, as i, j, and k, which will allow of the partial drawing together of the leak-stop in case it is not practicable to lock; it tightly.

The bars I and Gserve as handles by which thel stopcan be easily carried when not actually locked together. Y`

By means of my improvements 'I secure a leak-stop which is simple, positive, and eftect- I y YgripV and not a. rigid one.

ive in operation, which'is readily and securely locked upon different sizes of hose, which is provided with a large number of water-cushion recesses on its interior, thereby minimizing the squirting of water from beneath the stop and forming a large number of yielding pressure-points contacting with the inclosed hose.

By providing a multiplicity of elastic contact-points upon the inner face of the packing the hose is grasped with a semiyielding VWhen the pressure Within the hose is increased or diminished by the varying force of the stream of water, either by the pulsations of the engine or otherwise, the elasticity of the section of hose within the leak-stop is in measure preserved and the danger of a new break in the hose at a point adjacent to the leak-stop owing to rigidity of the section within the leak-stop is avoided. When the pressure is increased, more of the contact-points will be required to sustain .the strain, while a less number will suffice as the pressure diminishes. The use of a soft pliable rubber packing insures this result.

The sections of the leak-stop may be locked together either by grasping the cross-bar G and drawing-it, with its U-shapedlinks, over until it engages in the hooks in the levers H H and then forcing the bar down toward the leak-stop, thereby throwing down the levers H H past the locking-point,or the levers H H mayV be hooked upon the bar G andy then thrown inward by grasping the handle-bar I` untill the locking-point is reached. Further- 'more,the leak-stop may be unlocked by graspcate use of each of the bars Gand I to either lock, unlock, or carry the leak-stop greatly increases the ease and rapidity of the use of' .2. The combination, with a hose-leak stop of a rubber packing provided with a multiplicity of uniformly-distributed and intersecting ribs, integral therewith, upon the inner face thereof,formingbetweenthem a multiplicty of recesses or chambers.

3. The combination, with a hose-leak stop, of a rubber packing provided with a multiplicity of diagonally-intersecting ribs, integral therewith, upon the inner face thereof, forming between them a multiplicity of recesses or chambers, adapted to form, watercushions.

4. The combination, with a hose-leak stop, of a rubber packing provided with diagonallyintersecting ribs, integral therewith, uniformly distributed over its inner surface and forming between them depressions or receses vwith the packing.

G. rjihe combination, with a hose-leak stop, of a rubber packing provided with a multirplicity of elastic ribs or ridges upon its inner face and integral therewith.

'7. The combination, with a hose-leak stop, formed of hinged seetions,of a plurality of U shaped links pivoted to one section, and provided with a cross-bar connecting said links, a plurality of hooked locking-levers pivoted to the other section, provided with a handlebar connecting the same, and adapted to draw the U-shaped links simultaneously beyond the central line of-said pivotal points and to hold the same locked.

8. The combination, with a hose-leakv stop, formed of hinged sections, provided with a rubber packing having a multiplicity of yielding-pressure point-s upon the inner face, of a plurality of U-shaped links, pivoted to one section, and provided with a cross-bar connecting said links, a plurality of hooked locking-levers pivoted to the other section, provided with a handle-bar connecting the-same, and adapted to draw the U-shaped links simultaneously beyond the central line of said pivotal points and to hold the same locked.

CLATONIA JOAQUIN DOR'IICUS.

Vitnesses: y

BOYD S. ELY, HENRY HUsroN.

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